I hear Westmeath are unhappy with the decision to appoint Joe McQuillan as referee for Sunday's Leinster final.

gaelicgab (USA) - Posts: 878 - 06/07/2015 21:17:59    1748889

06/07/2015 21:17:59
gaelicgab
I hear Westmeath are unhappy with the decision to appoint Joe McQuillan as referee for Sunday's Leinster final. Why are they unhappy with the choice of referee.
It shouldn't matter to them who he referee is and they should just concentrate on issues within their control. who the referee is is out of their control...

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 06/07/2015 21:23:13    1748896

to be fair I don't think it will make a difference.

s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 06/07/2015 21:24:19    1748897

ormondbannerman Joe McQuillan is one of the top referee's in the country but he previously took charge of inhouse games for Dublin so Westmeath are right to be annoyed.

gaelicgab (USA) - Posts: 878 - 06/07/2015 21:38:57    1748905

Idle gossip

Jack_Sparrow (Westmeath) - Posts: 1014 - 06/07/2015 21:44:09    1748908

s goldrick I don't think so either but that's for another thread.

gaelicgab (USA) - Posts: 878 - 06/07/2015 21:47:37    1748911

Gaelicgab.....that is a lie...he never took charge of Dublin Inhouse games.

witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 07/07/2015 08:04:21    1748928

Dublin will win regardless but fair play to Westmeath. The Dublin/McQuillan issue has been swept under the carpet for too long at this stage.

cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5009 - 07/07/2015 08:11:35    1748932

gaelicgab........ do tell where you heard this from? I'm interested!

abitpeevedoff (Westmeath) - Posts: 32 - 07/07/2015 08:57:47    1748948

witnof
County: Dublin
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Gaelicgab.....that is a lie...he never took charge of Dublin Inhouse games.


he did. I know for a fact he officiated one at St. Bridget's in Summer 2011.

cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5009 - 07/07/2015 09:41:45    1748970

witnof
Gaelicgab.....that is a lie...he never took charge of Dublin Inhouse games.

No he actually did. They tried to cover it up with a statement about mcquillan not reffing games for Dublin 'THAT YEAR'. But what difference does it make if it happened this year or last year? The truth is it happened in 2011 when Dublin were working on their blanket defence, the point was made in 2012.

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 07/07/2015 09:53:04    1748983

abitpeevedoff
County: Westmeath
Posts: 9

gaelicgab........ do tell where you heard this from? I'm interested!

+1. Only place I've seen it is here, unsurprisingly.

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Aido69 (Dublin) - Posts: 381 - 07/07/2015 09:56:24    1748986

I hear he knows someone from Dublin too.

Shocking, shouldn't be allowed if that's the case.

daytona11 (Kildare) - Posts: 4012 - 07/07/2015 10:04:29    1748993

witnof
County: Dublin
Posts: 759

1748928 Gaelicgab.....that is a lie...he never took charge of Dublin Inhouse games.


Oh yes he did.

bryanadams (Kildare) - Posts: 733 - 07/07/2015 10:18:31    1749002

daytona11
County: Kildare
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I hear he knows someone from Dublin too.

Shocking, shouldn't be allowed if that's the case.

He knows someone from Dublin?? Doesn't everyone?

CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 07/07/2015 10:21:44    1749004

I hate to say it but it sounds like excuses before a ball is kicked

DoireCityFC (Derry) - Posts: 1580 - 07/07/2015 10:52:29    1749033

07/07/2015 10:04:29
daytona11
County: Kildare
Posts: 3014

1748993
I hear he knows someone from Dublin too.

Shocking, shouldn't be allowed if that's the case.

Ha,Haa. Truly shocking if he knows someone from Dublin.
He may even have stayed there once. Definite grounds for complaint.

Ring Joe on the hotline. Sure!sure!sure! Go on,yeah,go on.

Dubh_linn (Dublin) - Posts: 2312 - 07/07/2015 10:56:25    1749035

The more people he knows from Dublin, the more likely he is to be biased against them!

beir_bua (Kildare) - Posts: 746 - 07/07/2015 11:11:04    1749057

It's no surprise dubs are delighted with mcquillans constant appointmets....he handed them there first Sam in a long time in 2011...like Craig Joubert down in NZ, he bottled it in front of the home crowd that were under pressure to deliver the trophy after a long wait. It won't make any odds too Sundays game tho. Dubs will win by 20 pts no matter who is ref

southmeathgael (Meath) - Posts: 885 - 07/07/2015 11:15:23    1749063

It sounds to me like more culchie whinging and begrudging going on here, jeez, if it's not the financial advantage, it's the resources advantages, or playing every game at home advantage, or the huge population advantage, and now the boggers are whinging about Dublin having their buddy Joe, reffing the game, come on culchies, just enjoy watching the Dublin Juggernaut crushing all and sundry, and less of the whinging.

bryanadams (Kildare) - Posts: 733 - 07/07/2015 11:21:13    1749073